How To Build a Wooden Ramp.

[Antho188]

Hey People, I been trying to type this thread up for the last 2 hours, and trying to make simple and easy to work out. So I hope everyone likes it here is a simple step to step concept that will help you make any ramp, big or small.


But study I am focusing on a 4 foot high, 2 foot wide and 8 foot in length. In 6 easy steps, you’ll know how to make a successful and safe ramp.


You’ll Need Around $55-65

Step 1. Go down to your local building supplies store, and you need the following…

1x 15mm Thick 8x4 Foot Board $25-30
1x 6mm Ply Sheet 8x4 $20-25
1x 15mm Thick 4x2 $15-20
1x 4m length of 15mm $15
1x 1.5”screws, pack of 100 $5
2x Supporting Brackets 2” High $2.50 Each.
$1x Hammer and Nails
1x Jigsaw
1x Drill + Phillips Head Extension.


Step 2 Getting The Right Angle For Your Needs.

Get the 8x4 15mm thick boarder, you’ll nails and a hammer and nail out your preffered angle, personally making the sides was really a guess and a estimate…….I lined out the angle with nails and string, and then lined out from nail to nail and whala got my curve.

Step 3 Cutting Out The Sides Of Your Ramp.

You’ll need to raise the board up, on trestles to cut out the angle you drawed out, get your jigsaw and cut out the angle and be careful you do not cut through the trestle, haha I did it Loll

Once you have one side, get the left over 8x4 and draw a template from the first cut. and After cutting out the other side. you’ll have a left over piece from the middle, what will look like a surfboard

Step 4 Cutting Out The Back Board.

Using the 4x2 boarder (16mm) for a back-board, doesn’t sound like you’ll need it, but you do. Pretty simple, apply brackets from the sides to the back board to support the back, and then screw 3-4 screws on each side.

Step 5 Inserting The Support Boards.
With the 4m of 20mm wide 15mm boards, for the support beams, cut at 570mm so they will fit properly. I have 7 beams… you should have 10mm left over. (although i recommend something thicker in depth like 2"x 1" which wouldn’t split if you screw from the side..)

Half of the Support Beam Process
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Finshed Beam Support Process
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Step 5 Laying The Ply

Ok Now your ready to lay the layers of ply!
i bought 1 sheet of 6mm ply, that was 8x4 foot $20, I cut it into two sheets of 4x2, to screw the ply on you might need two people for help. Screw two screws horizontally on each support.. until all 7-8 supports have 2 screws in them. then for the second layer... you could insert a wood glue between the layers for more support. but with or without glue it doesn’t matter.. Then to lay the second sheet, same as first layer.. but insert 3 screws...

Step 6 Final Finishing Touches.

You’ll have about 2 foot of ply hanging over, cut with jig, make sure you mark out a cut line though.

With the surfboard cut out, cut out a 1x2 (foot) board, for the top to cover the hole. (see Last pic in the garage to see what im talking about.)

You could add handles to the back or holes in the side for handles... Because I have found that handles would come in handy for easy moving,

I killer paint job or some brand templates spray painted onto the side would be sick as…

WARNING this ramp is not 100% waterproof, although we have had about 5 days of full on rain and still not has affected them, since then I have put a tarp over both on my ramps, just to keep them safer

apart from that, I hope this helps anyone trying to make a ramp.
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Ramp In Use
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Im happy to Help. Please Send Comments or tell me if theres anything you dont understand above,


thanks for your time :)

[Ham]

thats a good description of how to do it you can also get templates off google .

i made a mini ramp once with 4 mates in a shed it was 5 and a half foot high 12 feet long and 8 feet long with steel coping took a few weekends.

[-Jordan-]

Very nice ramp and extremely good post. Good work. :)

[DJninja]

Damn good post and will be a lot of help. I noticed that this ramp is in someone's post in off topic just out of curiosity I was wondering if the 4ft ramp was the bigger one or the smaller one. Just wanting to know if 4ft is heigh enough because I like the height of the bigger one.

[Antho188]

Damn good post and will be a lot of help. I noticed that this ramp is in someone's post in off topic just out of curiosity I was wondering if the 4ft ramp was the bigger one or the smaller one. Just wanting to know if 4ft is heigh enough because I like the height of the bigger one.


i guess your reffering to the second pic?

http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=86830


yer thats the big one, doesnt look like 4 foot hayy?



the one next to it, is only about 3 - 3.5 foot but it is smaller nd length, making it steeper.

[Ingeniator]

Awesome post mate, nice to see people wanting to share their ideas without asking for some exorbitant price.

Does this warrant a Sticky? (not sure on what the requisites for a sticky are, but ramp building is a big topic)

[Roly]

hey fantastic work mate, extremely descriptive

definitely a sticky :D

[4130]

Nice work, very nice. I'm wanting to build one about 5-6 foot wide, same hight but a little steeper, i dont know if i'll put coping in as of yet. But the main reason of this post is to ask you if, ( i'll be using it as a 1/4 and doing lip tricks ie. fufanus, psi's , pedal stalls ect.) it will be strong enough for when i come back in? If not would i biuld two of these and stick them togther( 3 foot wide ) or one long one with the help of added trusses on the sides.

4130

[Ingeniator]

Nice work, very nice. I'm wanting to build one about 5-6 foot wide, same hight but a little steeper, i dont know if i'll put coping in as of yet. But the main reason of this post is to ask you if, ( i'll be using it as a 1/4 and doing lip tricks ie. fufanus, psi's , pedal stalls ect.) it will be strong enough for when i come back in? If not would i biuld two of these and stick them togther( 3 foot wide ) or one long one with the help of added trusses on the sides.

4130

I believe that having two 2x4 (even 1x2 for that matter), one on each side of the ramp, so that it sits not only on the side board but the 2x4/1x2, and another in each verticle corner would increase the strength enough for it to take the force you will excert on it when coming back in. as far as the strength in relation to the width you want, i'd build two and put them together, both with 2x4 lining at the bottom and in the corners (corners: the 90 degree angle created by the side and back board)

lol, hope that makes sense

[Antho188]

Nice work, very nice. I'm wanting to build one about 5-6 foot wide, same hight but a little steeper, i dont know if i'll put coping in as of yet. But the main reason of this post is to ask you if, ( i'll be using it as a 1/4 and doing lip tricks ie. fufanus, psi's , pedal stalls ect.) it will be strong enough for when i come back in? If not would i biuld two of these and stick them togther( 3 foot wide ) or one long one with the help of added trusses on the sides.

4130



yer man that would be a good idea :) i would recommend coping definatly......... although.. a foot wider, for each one, u might have to consider 2"x1" boards for support boards. for stronger suppot, nd then u could bolt the two ramps together so they dnt move when you use both @ the same time.

hope that helps :)

[noske]

Great thread mate:D,
I might build one myself.

[thompo]

nice ramp mate. me and another farkiner called benni are building a kicker at the moment. it should look good and we will be posting a forum on how we built it so other people starting out building ramps can see how we did it.

[sawtell]

great post but i have a couple problems..
A).. dont use MDF, normal MDF liek you have is rated to withstand moisture for liek 30 days, untill it falls to bits... i suggest using 19mm ply instead.

B) once gain dont use MDF, but this time for the slats.. use pine or any other timber, a pack or 1200x19x45 pine slats will set you back about 6 bucks, and you will get 12 i think.. 2 packs and you can have a ramp the size of yours and it wilbl e super strong.. when ataching the slats, have the skiiny side (19mm) faceing up, not the wide side, as you will get more strentgh and lesss flex.

C) use a bit of 90x45 pine, for the top (where there should be a slat), for the bottom (when you first hit the ramp) and for the back bottom corner... this means you dotn ahve to use the sheet on the back, and will be stronger.. and lighter..

D) if you are going to use MDF, make sure you paint the bottoms of the ramp, so no moisture can penetrate through. and if useing MDF slats.. the way you have placed them is honestly stupid.. and unsafe. you should have them once again with the skinny bit facing upwards, and have double the slats. at the moment, i bet you coudl jump on one of the slats it it woudl snap right in half... the way i said, its going to pull the screws out before the timber/board will snap..



i attached a pic to show what i was talkin about.. the red box's, are 4x2 inch timber (90x45 if useing pine), and the green are the 2x1insh timber slats (45x19, if useing pine.) sorry about the paint pic, i cant take ap ic of one of my ramps, i just gave them all away to my little brothers friends.

[Regan of Gong]

I've got a design uploaded on Google Sketchup for a 2 foot high, 4 foot long ramp. It's that size as it's about the biggest you can get from a standard sheet of 19mm ply(~$50-$60).

[meatlovers]

That is really good.
Sticky sticky sticky.

[DJman]

were is ur helmet u d!(k he@d